Re: 2.4.19-pre2 CentaurHauls VIA Samuel 2 stepping 2 SEGFAULT (RESOLVED)
Dave Jones (davej@suse.de)
Sun, 17 Mar 2002 14:37:05 +0100
On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 08:22:41PM -0800, S W wrote:
> I pulled the chipset datasheet for CentaurHauls VIA
> Samuel 2 stepping 2.
>
> Two seperate i386/kernel/setup.c fixes things seems to
> fix this chipset.
>
> 1. Disabled the Branch Predictor in MSR_VIA_FCR
> 2. cachesize=0
> I've settled for cachesize=0.
> Hope this is not a trend here.
Not on the samples I've tested with. I think you have flaky hardware.
Either there is insufficient cooling/power, or the cache is dead.
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